The Congress was adamant to oppose the British Government at any cost.

To give impetus to this

stance, the Congress Working Committee on 14th July 1942 passed a Resolution calling upon the British
Government to quite India immediately. Quaid-i-Azam sensed the real motive of Congress Resolution.
In an statement to the press, Quaid-i-Azam revealed that the aim of the Congress is “blackmailing the
British and coercing them to concede a system of government and transfer power to that government
which would establish a Hindu raj immediately under the aegis of the British bayonet thereby placing
the Muslims and other minorities and interests at the mercy of the Congress raj”.7
Not all Muslims looked up to Jinnah. Many criticized him, some because they found him too
Westernized, others because he was too straight and uncompromising. One young man, motivated by
religious fervour and belonging to the Khaksar, a religious party, attempted to assassinate him on 26
July 1943. Armed with a knife he broke into Jinnah’s home in Bombay and succeeded in wounding him
before he was overpowered. Jinnah publicly appealed to his followers and friends to “remain calm and
cool”8 The League declared 13 August a day of thanksgiving through out India.
When Gandhi realized that Quit India Movement was heading nowhere but towards failure, he
approached the Viceroy and at the same time, sought settlement with the Muslim League. With this end
in view, C. Rajagopalachari, the only person who was seeking some understanding with the Muslims,
wrote a letter to Quaid-i-Azam on 8 April 1944. He forwarded to the Quaid-i-Azam his formula known as
C.R. Formula.